via blackenterprise: Black Enterprise Founder and Publisher Earl G. Graves, Sr., the quintessential entrepreneur who created a vehicle of information and advocacy that has inspired four generations of African Americans to build wealth through entrepreneurship, career advancement and money management, has died. According to his son, Black Enterprise CEO Earl “Butch” Graves Jr., he passed […]
via ajc; The daughter of gospel recording artist and songwriter Micah Stampley has died at age 15. Mary Stampley died Tuesday after a seizure. The “Our God” singer, who has been nominated for several Dove and Stellar Awards, lives in Fayetteville. He and his wife, Heidi, own Orleans Brews and Beignets. Arrangements are pending. “Please keep […]
via abcnews: Elijah Cummings, the long-serving Democratic congressman who was deeply involved in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, has passed away at the age of 68. more information will be forthcoming
via ktla: Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as “Julia,” has died. She was 84. Carroll’s daughter, Susan Kay, told The Associated Press her mother died Friday in Los Angeles of cancer. During her long […]
Sad news in the word of gospel music as Tunesha Crispell as passed away after a bout with cancer. She sang for many years with James Hall and and Worship and Praise. Crispell chronicled her cancer journey as seen in the video below. Exhibiting great bravery, Tunesha fought hard in her ongoing battle with cancer […]
Gloria Vanderbilt died Monday morning, according to her son, CNN’s Anderson Cooper. The fashion designer and socialite was 95. Vanderbilt died at home with friends and family at her side. “Gloria Vanderbilt was an extraordinary woman, who loved life, and lived it on her own terms,” Cooper said in a statement. “She was a painter, […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: New Orleans chef and civil rights icon Leah Chase, who created the city’s first white-tablecloth restaurant for black patrons, broke the city’s segregation laws by seating white and black customers and introduced countless tourists to Southern Louisiana Creole cooking, died Saturday. She was 96. Chase’s family released a statement to news outlets Saturday night saying […]
via fox8cleveland: Tim Conway has died at the age of 85. The Willoughby native passed away Tuesday morning in Los Angeles after a long illness, according to Howard Bragman, who heads LaBrea Media. Conway worked at WJW in the 60s. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, his stepdaughter, his six biological children and […]
via TheChristianPost: Rachel Held Evans, a New York Times best-selling progressive Christian writer, has died at age 37. Evans died Saturday morning at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, after she had been in a medically induced coma for several weeks. “It is with a broken heart that we share with you that Rachel Held Evans […]
via Wkyc: The R&B singer and songwriter star James Ingram has passed away at the age of 66 on Tuesday. A close friend of Ingram, Debbie Allen, confirmed his passing on Twitter saying that she had lost her “dearest friend and creative partner.” “He will always be cherished, loved and remembered for his genius, his […]
via TMZ: Oprah Winfrey‘s mother has died. Oprah’s niece, Alisha Hayes, posted that Vernita Lee died on Thanksgiving Day. The family just confirmed the death. Vernita was born in 1935 in segregated Mississippi. She met Vernon Winfrey and they gave birth to Oprah in 1954. Vernita couldn’t raise Oprah because she moved to Milwaukee where she worked as a housemaid. […]
via WXYZ: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, has died at the age of 76, the Associated Press reports t was reported that Franklin had been gravely ill overnight Sunday, Aug. 12. Born in Memphis, she got her start singing at New Bethel Baptist Church on the city’s west side, just blocks from Motown Museum. […]
